USPS in Action....

[georgerkahn]

I recently ordered and paid for a barrel slugging kit on eBay from a vendor in Springfield, Missouri. Residing 1,236.5 miles EAST of Missouri, I'd have thought this is the direction USPS might ship it. I just checked TRACKING, for kicks and giggles, and indeed got quite the "giggle"!
Can anyone have any idea why they sent this roughly five-to-six pound package 3,965 miles from Springfield to Honolulu; with them (hopefully!!!) sending it another 4,852 miles west to my residence?
And I wonder why the costs of stamps keep going up....
geo240408

P.S.: Albeit they suggested delivery for today... package still in Hawaii, me thinks it shan't be placed in mailbox today ;)

[Sig556r]

Guess they went the other way...

[reddog81]

I had a Fedex package start 50 miles east of me and then go to Chicago IL, Kansas City MO, Olathe KS, Osseo, MN and then finally back to Des Moines. Note that the trip from Olathe Ks to Osseo MN would have taken the package right through Des Moines on I-35... Not quite the miles that your package will see but it boggled my mind.

Maybe the barrel slugging kit wanted to do some surfing on Waikiki Beach before being smashed down your bores.

[Wheelguns 1961]

Maybe they are taking the long way around. I have a pair of bisley ram’s horn grips out for delivery today, and am praying they are not damaged.

[bikerbeans]

Put a hold on the package and go to Hawaii to get it.

BB

[abunaitoo]

It came to visit me.:bigsmyl2:

[dangitgriff]

Looks like it got tossed on the wrong cargo plane. At least it isn’t riding the Jim Jones express!

[Ozark mike]

If I send a check thru the mail to my land Lord 5 mi away it has to go all the way to Spokane WA and back some 200 mi away that's 400 mi total and a week to go 5 mi. So he comes and gets it now. our society hasn't made much sense probably since the 50s

[NyFirefighter357]

If I send a check thru the mail to my land Lord 5 mi away it has to go all the way to Spokane WA and back some 200 mi away that's 400 mi total and a week to go 5 mi. So he comes and gets it now. our society hasn't made much sense probably since the 50s

This is because it needs to be logged in by the NSA at the nearest center, both sides scanned and x-ray.

[NyFirefighter357]

I recently ordered and paid for a barrel slugging kit on eBay from a vendor in Springfield, Missouri. Residing 1,236.5 miles EAST of Missouri, I'd have thought this is the direction USPS might ship it. I just checked TRACKING, for kicks and giggles, and indeed got quite the "giggle"!
Can anyone have any idea why they sent this roughly five-to-six pound package 3,965 miles from Springfield to Honolulu; with them (hopefully!!!) sending it another 4,852 miles west to my residence?
And I wonder why the costs of stamps keep going up....
geo240408

P.S.: Albeit they suggested delivery for today... package still in Hawaii, me thinks it shan't be placed in mailbox today ;)

It obviously was put on the wrong cargo plane, I once watched a package I was expecting go up and down the east coast bouncing around from Florida to Maine to Virginia but never made it to NY. I wound up back in FL 4 weeks later where it was mailed. Had all the correct info on the label & on line shipping info.

[lefty o]

wonder why it costs so much to mail a letter.

[jsizemore]

George, even slugging kits need a vacation.

[Conditor22]

Ordered a gun from classic firearms they shipped USPS.
USPS only tried to deliver it once to my FFL buddy, didn't leave a note and shipped it back to classic firearms that same day

Tracking History

April 24, 2019, 8:07 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
MID CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE NC DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item arrived at our MID CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE NC DISTRIBUTION CENTER origin facility on April 24, 2019 at 8:07 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination

April 20, 2019, 10:40 am
Return to Sender Processed
SCOTTS MILLS, OR 97375
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April 20, 2019, 9:31 am
Return to Sender
SCOTTS MILLS, OR 97375
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April 20, 2019, 8:15 am
Out for Delivery
SCOTTS MILLS, OR 97375
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April 20, 2019, 8:05 am
Sorting Complete
SCOTTS MILLS, OR 97375
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April 20, 2019, 7:40 am
Arrived at Post Office
SCOTTS MILLS, OR 97375
________________________________________
April 20, 2019, 1:34 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
PORTLAND, OR 97215

April 19, 2019
In Transit to Next Facility
________________________________________
April 18, 2019, 10:53 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
MID CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE NC DISTRIBUTION CENTER
________________________________________
April 18, 2019, 8:33 am
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
MONROE, NC 28110

[Ozark mike]

This is because it needs to be logged in by the NSA at the nearest center, both sides scanned and x-ray.

I'm sorry but I think it is still a waste of taxpayers money

[RED BEAR]

All i can say is welcome to the club.

[gbrown]

Over the years, I've had multiple letters and packages that I have shipped or have had shipped to me lost or returned to sender. Have never been able to figure it out--no rhyme nor reason to it. I just think it is like leprechauns or evil fairies that float around, randomly doing their job. Or, lackadasical postal workers not doing theirs. Most memorable is the 8 cavity H-G mold lost in the mail. Package got there, mold didn't. Cost me $160.00. Filed paperwork, called individual postal stations. Nothing came of it. Oh well. Do we get cycnical as we get older? No, we just have more experience with the idiots of the world.

[Geezer in NH]

Heh! it's south of the Canadian border, your complaining? :bigsmyl2:

I understand how it happens my libtard Brother in/law works for them. He was bad when younger now he is old and worse.

[Ozark mike]

Remember they only employ the most qualified:groner:

[chuckbuster]

I had one that was supposed to go from here, Jackson Michigan, to the Daytona Florida area. It went to the Disneyland Area in California. When I asked the local clerk that had processed it for me if the next stop was the Philippines she told me with out hesitation that I didn’t have to worry about that since there was no Customs form on it and the Philippines would be International Mail. They might send it to Guam but it would definitely not go to the Philippines.
It did show up in Florida where it belonged a couple days later.
Kevin

[georgerkahn]

UPDATE: Bion or not, USPS tracking shows it to be "Out for Delivery" -- gosh, it appears not to have been in Hawaii long enough to get a tan! Here's the trackings -- I'm keeping the fingers crossed it will be the correct package...240507240508

[salpal48]

It is the same reason why my package from Nevada to be lost in San Juan PR.
Incompetent.

[jimlj]

FedEx makes USPS look like competent professionals.